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    Literature of Legerdemain by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Literature of Legerdemain

    Start: Feb 28, 2026 11:00AM EST

    Featuring the collection of magic bibliographer Stephen Forrester, this premier sale will feature highlights from his library of rare, old, and unusual conjuring books from the seventeenth century to the present day. Prices Realized

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    KELLAR, Harry (Heinrich Keller, 1849 - 1922). Kellar in His... ERDNASE, S.W (pseudo.). The Expert at the Card Table. [Chic... THURSTON, Howard (1869 – 1936). Thurston Kellar’s Successor... HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Signed Portrait o... The Mummy. Holland: Eddy Taytelbaum, ca. 1968. A tiny mummy... HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839 – 1919). Modern Mag...
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    The Games We Play: Puzzles, Games, & Playing Cards by Potter & Potter Auctions

    The Games We Play: Puzzles, Games, & Playing Cards

    Start: Feb 19, 2026 11:00AM EST

    Following on the heels of our 'Artifacts of Play' auction, this sale will celebrate the pastimes of yesteryear and the recent past. Prices Realized

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    James Y. Humphreys “Seminole Wars” Playing Cards. [Philadel... A. Dougherty “Murphy Varnish” Transformation Playing Cards.... Crooked Gambling Wheel. Circa 1890s. A crooked or gaffed sp... Gaffed “Bee Hive” Game in Original Case. Circa 1930s. Metal... [PAPER DOLLS]. Boys’ Doll in the most elegant costume. Germ... Brick (12) of Jerry’s Nugget Playing Cards. North Las Vegas...
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    Fine Books & Manuscripts by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Fine Books & Manuscripts

    Start: Jan 29, 2026 11:00AM EST

    Potter and Potter began the new year with a wonderful and diverse rare book sale, with superb examples of modern firsts, Americana, maps, pop-up and children's books, and so much more. Prices Realized

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    Winter Magic Auction - Online Only by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Winter Magic Auction - Online Only

    Start: Jan 24, 2026 12:00PM EST

    Our first magic auction of 2026 offered an array of collectibles in all familiar categories, from micro magic to stage tricks; and books from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first will cross the block, in addition to posters, spook show window cards, photographs, Houdiniana, and magicana of all types. Prices Realized

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    Winter Magic Auction: featuring the Collection of Max Maven by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Winter Magic Auction: featuring the Collection of Max Maven

    Start: Dec 14, 2025 12:00PM EST

    Orson Welles wrote of Max Maven: "Yours is the most original mind in magic." This December, Potter & Potter is pleased to offer the very sources of information that helped supply that original mind, in the form of Max Maven's extensive collection and working library. Prices Realized

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    Select Secrets by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Select Secrets

    Start: Dec 13, 2025 12:00PM EST

    Potter & Potter's final magic auction of the year featured a closely-curated selection of magicana from the art's golden age and beyond. Prices Realized

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    Contemporary, Fine, Folk and Outsider Art by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Contemporary, Fine, Folk and Outsider Art

    Start: Dec 03, 2025 11:00AM EST

    Our Contemporary, Fine, Folk, and Outsider Art sale features works from all time periods and categories. The sale includes 22 lots by the well-known Outsider artist Purvis Young. Prices Realized

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    Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections

    Start: Nov 20, 2025 11:00AM EST

    This November, Potter and Potter is proud to present two vast collections of books and artwork from Dr. George D. Lacy and Louis A. Irmo. These marvelous collections feature fine and rare modern firsts, Americana, autographs and manuscripts, illustrated books, and original artwork. Prices Realized

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    Vintage Posters by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Vintage Posters

    Start: Nov 13, 2025 12:00PM EST

    Our auction this fall will feature an expansive selection of travel and airline posters, including desirable Pan Am posters. Prices Realized

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    The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Pt. IV by Potter & Potter Auctions

    The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Pt. IV

    Start: Oct 25, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    This fourth and final sale from the Dawes collection features posters, prints, books, and props. Items from the careers and lives of every famous magician of the last 100 years. Prices Realized

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    Artifacts of Play by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Artifacts of Play

    Start: Oct 12, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    Rare and collectible playing cards, vintage and modern puzzles, antique games and gambling items, and curiosities alike will all cross the block in this collaboration between Potter & Potter and Art of Play. Prices Realized

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    Belonging: The Art of American Fraternal Societies by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Belonging: The Art of American Fraternal Societies

    Start: Oct 09, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    This auction celebrates the art, ritual objects, and ephemera of American fraternal organizations from the collection of Bruce and Julie Webb. Prices Realized

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    Cabinet of Curiosities by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Cabinet of Curiosities

    Start: Sep 27, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    Join us this September for an auction replete with the rare, the odd, and the unusual. From medical curiosities and tattoo flash, to sideshow imagery and carnival wheels, horror classics by Stephen King and movie posters for sci-fi thrillers, this is a seasonal sale of the macabre and the magnificent. Prices Realized

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    Select Rarities: Exceptional Books & Manuscripts by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Select Rarities: Exceptional Books & Manuscripts

    Start: Sep 04, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    This premier auction features a select group of unusual, uncommon, and choice rarities. A carefully curated offering of printed matter, autographs, and other ephemeral objects, the sale will be led by a first edition of The Book of Mormon, the most important nineteenth century religious book printed in the United States. Prices Realized

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    Coin-Op & Advertising by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Coin-Op & Advertising

    Start: Aug 28, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    Our summer sale is set to feature a broad range of coin-operated machines and vintage advertising featuring a range of porcelain signs, vending machines, Coca-Cola and soda pop advertising, slot machines and trade stimulators, ice cream and soda fountain collectibles, gambling collectibles, liquor and beer advertising, and more. Prices Realized

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    I Know What You're Thinking: The Collection of the Amazing Kreskin by Potter & Potter Auctions

    I Know What You're Thinking: The Collection of the Amazing Kreskin

    Start: Aug 16, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    The Amazing Kreskin was an internationally famous mentalist - a man who could read thoughts. Over the course of a career spanning eight decades, he amassed an incredible collection of arcane objects, and a vast library of books on conjuring, hypnotism, and the unusual. Prices Realized

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    Fine Books & Manuscripts, featuring Mystery & Detective Literature by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Fine Books & Manuscripts, featuring Mystery & Detective Literature

    Start: Jul 24, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    Our summer book auction features a wide array of modern first editions, signed books, artwork, collectibles, and literary rarities across all genres and at all collecting levels. Prices Realized

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    Entertainment, Toys & Collectibles by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Entertainment, Toys & Collectibles

    Start: Jul 10, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    Rare lithographs from iconic Hollywood hits will lead this sale. Also featured is a broad mix of collectibles including comic books, toys, Steiff, Star Wars toys, and Disneyana. Prices Realized

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    The Salon de Magie Part IV by Potter & Potter Auctions

    The Salon de Magie Part IV

    Start: Jun 21, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    Our fourth sale from Ken Klosterman's fabled "museum down the mineshaft" will be a broad cross-section of conjuring collectibles. Prices Realized

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    Contemporary, Fine, Folk and Outsider Art by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Contemporary, Fine, Folk and Outsider Art

    Start: Jun 05, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    Our Contemporary, Fine, Folk, and Outsider Art sale features works from all time periods and categories. Prices Realized

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    Circus, Sideshow & Carnival by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Circus, Sideshow & Carnival

    Start: May 22, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    Our annual auction of circus, sideshow, and carnival collectibles takes place this May. Highlights include magnificent and rare lithographs for Buffalo Bill, Ringling Brothers, and many European circuses Prices Realized

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    Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Houdiniana & Magic Memorabilia

    Start: Apr 26, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    Relics from the shows and life of the world's most famous magician - Harry Houdini - are set to cross the block this April. Vintage stone lithographs, "challenges" made to Houdini, autographs, and a remarkable link between Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle will be highlights of the sale. Prices Realized

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    Celestial & Terrestrial Exploration by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Celestial & Terrestrial Exploration

    Start: Apr 18, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    This auction will feature fine books and documents regarding human exploration of the land, sea, and sky. Prices Realized

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    Advertising & Coin-Op by Potter & Potter Auctions

    Advertising & Coin-Op

    Start: Apr 10, 2025 12:00PM EDT

    Our first spring sale is set to feature a large and diverse advertising collection, including porcelain, litho tin, and hand-painted trade signs of all types from a noted Midwest collection. Prices Realized

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